…APC’ll gain more if he becomes DSP – Don

Alecturer in the Department of Political Science, University of Abuja, Dr. Promise Pizzarow Onyewuchim, has said the APC has much to gain if Dr. Kalu is elected DSP.

He said in a statement that Kalu would bring his wealth of experience, contacts globally and nationwide as well as goodwill to bear in the leadership of the Senate.

He also said Kalu’s election would give the South-East a sense of belonging, which will increase the fortunes of the APC in the zone in future elections.

He said: “All has been said and done for the APC leadership and government under President Muhammadu Buhari to cede the position of the deputy Senate president to South East via the emergence of Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu. The APC, and indeed, the government will have much to gain if Kalu becomes the deputy Senate president.

“His emergence as deputy Senate president will encourage the membership of the party in the zone to increase because Kalu is a charismatic leader loved and admired by all Igbo and Nigerians as a whole.”

The academic said the zoning of the deputy Senate president to Kalu would erase the belief that the South East is marginalised in APC and the Buhari government as well as “correct imbalance in the country power structure. It will also calm the nerves of aggrieved Igbo and agitators.”

He said the 8th Senate had a South East deputy Senate president from PDP, which brought the Igbo in the corridor of power, insisting that the same thing should be done now so that South East would not be excluded from power in the current government.

Onyewuchim said: “Kalu has the experience and eminently qualified for the post. Moreover, with his good relationship with Buhari and Senator Ahmad Lawan, things will work better. Denying Kalu this position for whatever reason will not be in the interest of the nation.”

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A political scientists should be in a best position to properly and practically defined democracy in accordance to global practices where its political culture only recognized people not tribe, region and religion of which these together made democracy to be government of the people by the people and for the people while this Democratic philosophy and its non violence spirit breaks all barriers of differences where patriotism prevailed over religion, tribal and regional sentiment on matters of governance. Dr Promise as a political scientists should know that democratically and constitutionally Dr Kalu is qualified to contest for Senate President because his region or tribe does not matter however this is not a matter of systematically begging for Deputy Senate President which Nigerian political culture promoted so when would these barbaric culture be totally abolished in the system? If Nigeria truely learned from why Americans always says God Bless America they would knowledge the truth that American political culture does not allowed religion, region and ethnicity in their political culture and these made their democracy to be friendly and remained why they are United. Any country that allowed religion, tribe and regional sentiment on matters of governance prevailed over righteousness and rules of laws its democracy will definitely comes to an abrupt end because 20yrs of democracy in Nigeria was 20yrs of politics of North Vs South, Muslim Vs Christian and politics of nonsense notion Vs foolish ideology that neither guaranteed socioeconomic development nor raised the standard of living of people nor ensure peace and unity nor proffered solution to societal problems so Is this a Democracy or Demonstration?